09/20/2022
IQ-EQ shortlisted in Real Deals’ inaugural ESG Awards
Key services include ESG health checks, reputational assessments, policy drafting assistance, and data consolidation and reporting.
Planet SOS
09/19/2022
Partners Group to sell a 20% stake in 731.5 MW Dutch offshore windfarm
The windfarm is designed to generate 3,000 GWh of energy annually, which is enough to power approximately 825,000 Dutch households.
09/16/2022
Billionaire Patagonia Founder Gives Company Away to Fight Climate Change
Yvon Chouinard and his family are transferring ownership of the apparel company to a trust and nonprofit instead of pursuing a sale.
09/16/2022
Carbon removal: an historic investment opportunity
Impact Investor speaks to carbon removal experts to understand the investment opportunities in a nascent but fast-growing industry
09/15/2022
Asset managers are facing hundreds of ESG fund downgrades
A number of prominent asset managers have already resorted to downgrades following guidance from the EU.
09/15/2022
‘No client ever asked me if a fund is managed by a diverse team’
An advisor shares her opinion of Citywire’s Alpha Female Report 2022.
09/15/2022
Could Charles become the Climate King?
A true environmentalist who has often spoken of his love for nature, King Charles is also aware of the carbon footprint made by a person in his position.
09/15/2022
Unlocking decarbonisation – the rise of low price, clean energy
As delegates gathered for the conference, the UK experienced record-breaking high temperatures, breaching 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.
09/14/2022
Pictet to run new timber fund for Quilter MPS
The Quilter Investors Timber Equity fund, a sub-advised mandate managed by Pictet Asset Management, has been added to the firm’s WealthSelect MPS offering.
09/13/2022
Asset managers call on governments to mandate climate transition plans
The groups indicated in the statement the above actions are consistent with a just transition that limits global temperature rises to 1.5°C.
09/13/2022
Like learning a new language: How UBP’s Ulrich got his head around ESG
Jason Ulrich might not have been championing sustainable investing for decades, but he is learning fast in an industry that continues to change every year.
09/08/2022
GAM : set net zero targets for 2030 in countdown to COP27
07 September 2022 GAM set net zero targets for 2030 in countdown to COP27
09/07/2022
Morningstar Simplifies ESG Investing with New Investable World
Data-driven digital experience highlights opportunities and trade-offs facing investors, with striking differences across managing ESG risk and making a sustainable impact
09/05/2022
Can plastic-eating enzymes solve the recycling problem?
Today — as plastic clogs our oceans, flows from landfills and sends plumes of smoke into the atmosphere in the rush to burn it — attitudes are a little different.
09/02/2022
SS&C Intralinks Survey of EMEA M&A Dealmakers Finds ESG Value Continues To Increase
The results are clear: dealmakers in EMEA have broadly accepted the importance of ESG in M&A
09/02/2022
The wealth management & private banking companies leading the way in ESG
We aggregated thousands of records from GlobalData's proprietary themes, jobs, deals and patents databases to identify the most active companies in the area of ESG in the wealth management & private banking sector.
09/01/2022
Why sustainable investors may rue being too passive
Passive sustainable funds are growing strongly. But investors in these funds are at risk of a mismatch between what they expect and the reality of what they receive.
08/31/2022
UBS signs 10-year dear with Climeworks on carbon removals programme
Banking giant UBS has signed a 10-year agreement to support the scale-up of direct air capture carbon removal technologies from Climeworks, as it builds towards its net-zero target for 2050.
08/31/2022
UBS collaborates with neustark and Climeworks for removing CO₂ from the atmosphere
These long-term commitments provide planning security for this important industry, help to scale these technologies and also send a strong signal to the market.
08/31/2022
Finance Swiss old-age pensions by falling trees?
The Swiss Pension Fund Association raises an objection.